Mongolia: Transformation and change – starting with myself! By Jo Birch CSA Graduate 2011, tutor on Singapore and London CSA Diploma in Coaching Supervision programmes As I look out the window, squinting past the strong sun’s rays, I count… eighteen, nineteen… 20! I delight in watching the graceful, gentle movement of the Demoiselle cranes and […]
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CSA graduate Jackie Arnold: NEW BOOK on supervision!
Crown House Publishing Limited Coaching Supervision at its B.E.S.T. Jackie Arnold ISBN: 9781845908621 Available February 2014 £9.99 Coaching Supervision at its B.E.S.T. contains clear strategies and real life case studies and can be used in all settings where there is a need for effective and efficient coaching supervision. The specific clean questioning technique allows the […]
“Mirror, mirror on the wall….?”
Getting the Most from Your Super-Vision “Learning is experience. Everything else is just information” Albert Einstein Discovered on a greetings card in the Victoria and Albert Museum What is Super-Vision? “Super-Vision” occurs when a practitioner (the supervisee) brings their work to a Supervisor in order to learn from their experiences and […]
‘Vulnerability – birthplace of innovation and change’
One afternoon a few weeks ago I was reading and a sentence jumped out at me. No matter what came after that my eyes kept travelling back to those words as it registered its impact on me. I noticed how it kept showing up again and again in my work with coachees, supervisees, and […]
Showering alone!
I came across this recently: ‘When you are taking a shower, check and see if you are in the shower. You may already be in a meeting at work. Maybe the whole meeting is in the shower with you.’ Jon Kabat-Zinn It made me smile – it is an elegant way to bring to our […]
ICFA – Mentoring or Supervision?
ICFA – Mentoring or Supervision? Tammy Turner Director, ICFA (ICF Australia) The ICFA Professional Standards’ Committee receives regular inquiries from member coaches looking to enhance their skills and further develop themselves. This is not surprising at all as any coach knows you are your service. There are many courses, qualifications and certifications available […]
ICF – Mentoring or Supervision?
ICF – Mentoring or Supervision? Tammy Turner – ICFA (ICF Australia) Director The ICFA Professional Standards’ Committee receives regular inquiries from member coaches looking to enhance their skills and further develop themselves. This is not surprising at all as any coach knows you are your service. There are many courses, qualifications and certifications available […]
Context, context, context.
This week, I am delighted to hand over the blog space to Aboodi Shabi whose Weekly Coaching Reflections arrived in my inbox this morning. I love what he wrote and wanted to share it with you. Edna Murdoch “As I write the draft for this newsletter, I am preparing my keynote speech for the EuroCoachList conference at the weekend (it will have happened […]
Detached or not detached??
I am posting a short piece that I sent to a coaches list to-day. You might find it useful….. Since I believe that ‘who you are is how you coach’, I think that having total detachment from clients and their issues is an impossibility – a fiction which our profession gets caught in. We […]
OUR BOOK CLUB – we want to tell you a story…..
Ros Starkey, Clare Neal and Rosalind Maxwell- Harrison met on the CSA 2010 supervision course and fellow coach, Sue Stafford, a 2009 CSA graduate, joined OUR BOOK CLUB in 2011. Together, we have continued meeting “virtually” on a regular basis for over 4 years. To find out why, read our stories. Clare’s story During the […]
